Religious figurehead

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Religious figurehead crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on September 17 2023 NYT Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Religious figurehead has a total of 5 letters.

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1. The first letter of the answer is: E

2. The last letter of the answer is: R

3. There are 2 vowels in the hidden word:

Answer

Definition

•	Older; more aged, or existing longer.
•	Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
•	One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
•	An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
•	A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
•	A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
•	A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

The word ELDER is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable's. The syllable division for ELDER is: eld-er

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